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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

communication go
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

black and white, written communication, written language go
communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)

writing go
letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

notation, notational system go
a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

musical notation go
(music) notation used by musicians

note, tone, musical note
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

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22 Subcategories

tonic, keynote go
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale
supertonic go
(music) the second note of a diatonic scale
mediant go
(music) the third note of a diatonic scale
subdominant go
(music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale
dominant go
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
submediant go
(music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)
subtonic, leading tone go
(music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale
pedal, pedal point go
a sustained bass note
shake, trill go
a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
middle C go
the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff
chord go
a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
passing note, passing tone go
a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes
whole note, semibreve go
a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)
half note, minim go
a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
crotchet, quarter note go
a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
eighth note, quaver go
a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
sixteenth note, semiquaver go
a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note
thirty-second note, demisemiquaver go
a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note
sixty-fourth note, hemidemisemiquaver go
a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note
grace note, appoggiatura, acciaccatura go
an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
blue note go
a flattened third or seventh
monotone go
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)